AW: [mythtv-users] Hardware for Best TV-Out?

[Flo Kohlert]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> >> > I´m currently using a gf4mx with a selfmade vga2rgb converter
> >> > (http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/vga2scart/) which is giving me uber-
> >> superb
> >> > quality on the frontend and good quality @watching recordings.
> >>
> >> I just installed my box with this cable:
> >> http://www.idiots.org.uk/vga_rgb_scart/
> >> I built my machine with a 9200SE for this purpose.  And I must say, the
> >> image looks absolutely stunning on my 32" Philips tv.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >> Mark
> >
> > Just out of interest do you feel like having full resolution on your
> > recordings? As my livetv/recorded shows are just not that great as the
> gui
> > is, even the osd looks definitely worse than anything in the gui
> > (video-epg
> > e.g.) It just feels like its missing some lines or doing some
> > interlace->deinterlace-> Interlace conversion (no deint filter).
> 
> Most channels (and recordings) look great; no problems.  But I do have a
> problem with one channel and have just turned off transcoding to see if
> that makes a difference.  The osd looks good as well.
> I did not turn on deinterlacing, since I have not yet figured out how to
> get the display on my tv with progressive scan.  Will need to figure that
> out (if my tv supports it).
> 
> And I just played a part of a dvd and it looks stunning, just as it did
> with my RGB dvd player (without progressive scan).
> 
> > Which capturecard/resolution/modeline? Pal or ntsc?
> 
> PVR-250, 720x576 (PAL), default quality settings (4500/6000).
> Modeline "720x540"      15.10  720 762 834 940  540 545 550 621 interlace
> composite
> I started out with another, but tuned the modeline to fit exactly on my tv
> using xvidtune.  The original:
> Modeline "PAL1"         15.101 720 770 842 968  540 565 570 624 Composite
> interlace
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Mark Wormgoor


Gotta try this. (Don´t use deinterlace, should make things worse) Why do you
use 720x540? As Pal should be 720x576??
Thx